Embroidery-hoop.



No. 882,737. PATENTBD MAR; 24 1903.

I GI HI' EMBROIDERY HOOP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1905.

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EMBROIDERY- HOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed June 19, 1905. Serial No. 265,945.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BIXBY, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Hoops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in embroidery hoops and the especial object of my improvements is to produce a device of this character in which the outer or clamping hoop will have sufficient resiliency to effectually clasp and hold the material stretched on the inner hoop and in which there will be no joints to catch the thread or silk used in the embroidery operation.

A further object is to provide a device which will stretch and hold alike all portions of the material.

In carrying out my invention I provide two hoops, the inner hoop being preferably of Wood and constituting the element over which the material to be worked upon is placed, and the outer hoop being of metal and constituting the clamping element.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a preferred and modified construction of my invention in the following views Figure 1 is an elevation of the device complete constructed in its simplest form; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the device showing one method of securing together the ends of the clamping hoop; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing a modification of the construction embodied in Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a plan view of the part shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bridge piece or hoop connecting element.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents an endless wooden hoop which will hereinafter be referred to as the inner hoop, and 1) represents a metal hoop formed from a spring metal band with two outwardly eX- tending bends or loops 1), b, which are located adjacent to the respective ends of the band from which this hoop is made. portions of the band are arranged to overlap, and in one of said portions a slot 6 is out which is adapted to be engaged by a tongue 6 which is cut and struck up from the other end portion of the band and inserted through the slot. The tongue, after being inserted in a slot, is bent down so as to lie closely to the The end adjacent face of the opposite end portion of the band. In a large hoop instead of having one tongue and slot, two tongues and slots may be formed in order to effect. a more secure connection between the ends of said band.

As shown in Fig. 3, the gaps resulting from the formation of the 100 s b are closed by means of a bridge forme from a short piece of metal at C, bent to conform to the arc of the inner hoop, and provided with two tongues struck up from the metal of the bridge piece. This bridge piece is out long enough to underlie the looped portions of the outer hoop when it is in its normal position and have its ends abut against the bends 6 When the bridge piece is used, the end portions of the metal hoop band are both slotted to receive the tongues c in the manner indi cated as to the tongues 6 I am aware that such devices have been patented in which two hoops have been arranged with one embracing the other, and the outer hoop connected by a spring metal strap bent to form one or more loops but in such constructions such embracing hoop is severed at one point and the ends have a tendency to project outwardly and leave an open joint in which the thread or silk used in the embroidery operations is liable to catch, much to the annoyance of the users of such devices. By providing two hoops and giving to the outer one the expansive and contractive elasticity required in such devices I have'avoided the objections above named and have also produced a device which requires no rivets, and which is of the most economical construction.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an embroidery device, an integral inner hoop, and an outer hoop embracing said inner hoop and formed with one or more integral loops, and means for securing together the ends of said outer hoop.

2. In an embroidery device, an inner hoop without joints, an outer hoop formed with integral loops having its end portions overlapped, and means for securing said end portions together.

3. In an embroidery device, an inner unbroken hoop, an outer embracing hoop having integral loops formed therefrom, the end In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature pogtigns of said guter hoop overlapped, and in presence of two Witnesses. a ri ge piece a apted to embrace the portions of the inner hoop not engagedby the GEORGE BIXBY' 5 loops of the outer hoop, said bridge piece Witnesses:

also adapted to secure together the ends of F. BENJAMIN, said outer hoop. v M. A. MILORD. 

